Four council staff have clocked up and an astonishing 173 years’ service between them.

Administration Services Manager, Derek Rydeheard; Senior Member Services Officer, Monica Bell, Parks Multi Task Foreman, Gordon Mason and Crematorium Technician, Mick Hogg, all joined the Council back in the seventies and have completed forty years’ service or more.

They attended a presentation at the Haworth Art Gallery where Council Leader, Miles Parkinson, presented them with certificates.

Derek Rydeheard, Administration Services Manager, is the Council’s longest serving member of staff, clocking up 46 years with the Council, Monica Bell, Senior Member Services Officer, is the longest serving woman on the Council, with 44 years’ service.

Gordon Mason, Parks Multi Task Foreman, has been with the Council for almost 44 years.

Mick Hogg, Crematorium Technician, who has just completed his 40 years’ service in April this year.

Hyndburn Council Leader Miles Parkinson, said: “We feel so lucky that the Council has such a wealth of experience and talent.”